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HIS
MOUTH.
KETV 7 LAUREN ROBINS HAS THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: MUCH LIKE THE
EXPLODING BATTERIES IN SOME
HOVER BOARDS AND SAMSUNG GALAXY
NOTE 7, SOME E CIGARETTES HAVE
BEEN KNOWN TO DO THE SAME
THINGS.
>> MIKE ROADS WAS THE AM SAME
THING A YEAR AGO.
>> IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE
EXPLOSIONS, THE WAY THEY MAKE IT
AND VIDEO GAMES.
>> HE WAS RIDING IN A CAR WITH A
FRIEND WHEN HE DECID TO TAKE A
HIT FROM HIS FRIEND'S E --
VAPOR.
AND BREAKING THE ROOF OF HIS
MOUTH.
>> THERE WAS QUITE A B OF
BLOOD.
BUT ALSO SOME ASH BURNED INTO
THE SKIN.
IT WAS BLACK AND BLOODY.
>> KAREN IS MIKE'S MOM.
SHE REMEMBERS SEEING HER SON IN
THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE
MULTIPLE SURGERIES THAT HAVE
FOLLOWED.
AN EXPENSIVE RECONSTRUCTIVE
PROCESS.
AFTER MAXIMUMING OUT THERE
HEALTH INSURANCE FUND, THE
ROSE'S ARE NOW PAYING FOR
EVERYTHING OUT OF POCKET.
>> WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SUE THE
COMPANY BECAUSE THEY WERE IN
CHIN
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GO AFTER THE
SHOP FORSETT LMENT BECAUSE THEY
SAID IT WAS HIS FRIEND'S VAPOR.
>> MIKE HE'S HAS PERMANENT TEETH
REPLACE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP THE